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Social Psychology

ISBN: 9780130990068 | 013099006X
Edition: 11th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
For undergraduate courses in Social Psychology. Generations of college students have learned social psychology from this text - it provides balanced, up-to-date, and accurate coverage of basic topics, research, and theories. Striking a balance between presenting cutting-edge new findings and classic work in the field, this text shows how the methods and theories of social psychology can be applied to everyday experiences and current social issues.
Generations of readers have learned social psychology from this book... MORE
Special Featuresx
Prefacexi
About the Authorsxv
Theories and Methods in Social Psychology
2(30)
... MOREIn The News Cell Phone Etiquette
2(15)
The Social Psychological Approach
3(2)
Historical Roots of Social Psychology
5(1)
Theories in Social Psychology
6(8)
Research Methods in Social Psychology
14(3)
Cultural Highlight America's Diverse Population
17(10)
Research Closeup Meta-Analysis in Social Psychology
27(5)
Research Ethics
27(5)
PART ONE PERCEIVING PEOPLE AND EVENTS
Person Perception: Forming Impressions of Others
32(34)
In the News President Performs Ceremonial Duties
32(28)
What Information Do We Use?
34(5)
Integrating Impressions
39(4)
Motivated Person Perception
43(4)
Attributing the Causes of Behavior
47(7)
Accuracy of Judgments
54(3)
Nonverbal Communication
57(3)
Cultural Highlight A Smile Is a Smile Is a Smile?
60(6)
The Problem of Deception
61(5)
Social Cognition: Understanding the Social World
66(32)
In the News The Nuns' Stories
66(11)
Social Inference
68(5)
Emotion and Inference
73(4)
Research Closeup ``I'll Get It Done by Friday'': The Planning Fallacy in Action
77(21)
Schemas
80(1)
Schematic Processing
81(3)
Mental Shortcuts: Using Cognitive Heuristics
84(4)
Which Schemas Are Used?
88(4)
When Are Schemas Used?
92(1)
Schemas in Action
93(5)
The Self: Learning About the Self
98(34)
In The News Do Academy Award Winners Live Longer than Losers?
98(11)
What Is the Self?
99(2)
Where Does Self-Knowledge Come From?
101(8)
Cultural Highlight Motivation and the Self
109(23)
Aspects of Self-Knowledge
110(2)
Self-Regulation
112(4)
Motivation and the Self
116(6)
Social Comparison Theory
122(3)
Self-Presentation
125(4)
Culture and the Self: A Comment
129(3)
PART TWO ATTITUDES AND INFLUENCE
Attitudes and Attitude Change
132(36)
In The News Changing Attitudes Toward the Death Penalty
132(11)
Defining Attitude
133(2)
Theories of Attitudes
135(8)
Cultural Highlight Culture and Persuasion
143(25)
Persuasion
146(12)
Attitude Change over Time
158(1)
Attitudes and Behavior
159(9)
Prejudice
168(36)
In The News International Terrorism
168(28)
Components of Group Antagonism
170(5)
Learning Prejudice
175(3)
Motives for Prejudice
178(4)
Cognitive Bases of Prejudice
182(5)
Social Identity
187(3)
The Changing Face of Prejudice
190(6)
Cultural Highlight Measuring Implicit Stereotypes
196(8)
Reducing Prejudice
197(7)
Social Influence
204(26)
In The News Everybody's Doing It
204(6)
Conformity
205(5)
Cultural Highlight Culture and Conformity
210(6)
Compliance
215(1)
Research Closeup Mood and Compliance
216(14)
Obedience to Authority
224(6)
PART THREE SOCIAL INTERACTION AND RELATIONSHIPS
Interpersonal Attraction
230(32)
In The News Interethnic Couples on the Rise
230(19)
Social Needs
231(6)
Proximity: Liking Those Nearby
237(2)
Familiarity: Liking Those We See Often
239(2)
Similarity: Liking People like Us
241(3)
Desirable Personal Attributes: Warmth and Competence
244(2)
Physical Attractiveness
246(2)
Mate Selection
248(1)
Research Closeup Does the Internet Build Social Connections or Increase Social Isolation?
249(3)
Love
250(2)
Cultural Highlight Arranged Marriages
252(10)
Adult Romantic Attachment
258(4)
Personal Relationships
262(34)
In the News What's Happening to the American Family?
262(21)
Interdependence Theory
263(7)
Self-Disclosure
270(6)
Intimacy
276(2)
The Balance of Power
278(3)
Conflict
281(2)
Research Closeup The Dark Side of Relationships
283(13)
Satisfaction and Commitment
283(4)
Maintaining a Committed Relationship: Thoughts and Behaviors That Make a Difference
287(9)
Behavior In Groups
296(38)
In The News Survivors in Front of the TV Camera
296(3)
Behavior in the Presence of Others
297(2)
Research Closeup Does a Supportive Audience Improve Performance?
299(35)
Basic Features of Groups
308(3)
Group Performance
311(3)
Group Decision Making
314(6)
Group Interaction: Competition versus Cooperation
320(7)
Leadership
327(7)
Gender
334(36)
In The News The New Minority on Campus: Men
334(9)
Gender as a Social Category
335(1)
Gender in the Eye of the Beholder
336(7)
Research Closeup How Accurate Are Gender Stereotypes?
343(27)
Gender and the Self
347(5)
Theoretical Perspectives on Gender
352(5)
Comparing the Social Behavior of Women and Men
357(6)
Changing Roles for Women and Men
363(7)
PART FOUR HELPING AND HURTING OTHERS
Helping Behavior
370(32)
In the News Strangers Lend a Helping Hand
370(5)
Defining Altruism and Prosocial Behavior
371(1)
Theoretical Perspectives on Helping
372(3)
Cultural Highlight Helping Norms in India and the United States
375(12)
The Helper: Who Is Most Likely to Help?
383(4)
Research Closeup Bleeding-Heart Liberals and Heartless Conservatives
387(15)
Bystander Intervention: Helping Strangers in Need
389(5)
Volunteerism: Making a Commitment to Help
394(2)
Caregiving: Helping Family and Friends
396(1)
The Experience of Receiving Help
397(5)
Aggression
402(36)
In the News Does Violence Sell?
402(13)
Origins of Aggression
404(1)
Definition of Aggression
405(1)
Sources of Anger
405(2)
Aggressive Behavior
407(8)
Cultural Highlight Culture of Honor: Why the American South is Violent
415(23)
Reduction of Aggressive Behavior
416(6)
Media Violence
422(7)
Intimate Violence
429(9)
PART FIVE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION
Social Psychology and Health
438(26)
In the News Health on the Internet
438(6)
Health Behaviors
440(4)
Research Closeup Safe Sex
444(11)
Stress and Illness
445(3)
Coping with Stressful Events
448(7)
Cultural Highlight Changing Health Behaviors by Using the Social Environment
455(9)
Symptoms, Illness, and Treatment
457(4)
Social Psychological Perspectives on Chronic Illness
461(3)
Social Psychology and Politics
464(32)
In the News The Political Effects of the Terrorist Attacks on the United States
464(12)
Public Opinion and Voting
465(7)
Political Socialization
472(3)
Group Conflict
475(1)
Cultural Highlight Becoming Political in America
476(20)
The Mass Media and Political Persuasion
480(7)
A New Look at the Media
487(3)
International Conflict
490(6)
Social Psychology and the Law
496(19)
Eugene Borgida
Jennifer Hunt
In the News DNA Test Frees Man Falsely Convicted of Rape
496(7)
What Is Social Psychology and Law
497(1)
Eyewitness Identification and Testimony
497(6)
Research Closeup the Recovered Memory Debate
503(12)
Criminal Defendants
504(4)
Juries
508(3)
Expert Testimony
511(4)
Glossary515(14)
References529(35)
Photo Credits564(1)
Name Index565(14)
Subject Index579

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